Running Hermes agent on a Raspberry Pi 3B (via DeepSeek API) – Am I missing out?
Hey everyone, I’ve got a Hermes agent running on an old Raspberry Pi 3B that I communicate with via a Telegram bot. The actual LLM inference is offloaded to the DeepSeek API, and to be honest, everything works great right now. Since the API does the heavy lifting, the Pi handles the basic agent logic and Telegram polling without issues. But given how old and underpowered the 3B is, I'm wondering if I’m missing out on anything by sticking with this hardware. For anyone running similar agent setups: Does the 3B’s limited CPU/RAM bottleneck more complex tasks like deep tool use, long context retention, or vector searches/RAG? If you upgraded from an old Pi to something faster (like a Pi 5 or a mini PC), did you see a noticeable jump in agent execution speed or stability? Is it worth upgrading? Appreciate any insights or experiences!